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Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) has announced a six-month-long infrastructure sharing pilot. It will take place in and around Lima, using three base stations, and in Lambayeque, on the coast of northern Peru, using one. The project, supported by operators Telefónica del Perú and Entel, aims to reduce investment, operation and maintenance costs and save energy.

The proposed mobile access network active infrastructure sharing scheme is to be known as Multi Operator Core Networks (MOCN). The idea is that telecommunication towers, antennas, equipment and radio controllers will be shared by those who join the scheme, though it’s not yet clear when it will start or how it will be ramped up if it proves popular.

That said, a system that promises cost savings could be attractive to operators. In fact, according to the TeleSemana news service, it’s already happened in Latin America. Last June, Telefónica in Mexico decided to migrate all its traffic to the AT&T network and got rid of the spectrum that it owned.

The MTC view, according to its announcement, is that « by increasing the bandwidth of mobile service transmission carriers in the same geographic location, it will be possible for two different operators to be able to provide their commercial services with higher speeds and capacities”.

The ministry has also announced plans to install 417 new wireless internet or Wi-Fi points in public spaces in rural towns. The aim is to reduce the digital divide and bringing internet services closer to places where people gather.

This scheme is not new; the ministry says that, during 2022, nearly three million internet connections were registered, free of charge, through what are known as Public Digital Access Spaces (EPADs) – 223 of them.

Telekom Malaysia’s TM R&D has signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with ZTE that will see the companies collaborate on optical network research, bringing the first 50Gbps bandwidth experience to Malaysia.

The MoU was signed by Dr Sharlene Thiagarajah, Chief Executive Officer, TM R&D and Steven Ge, Chief Executive Officer, ZTE Malaysia.

Under this agreement, TM R&D and ZTE will jointly explore the capabilities of next-generation Passive Optical Network (PON) access technology, 50GPON, to support various application scenarios. In addition, both entities will look into use cases that can deliver ultra-broadband access to the government, enterprise and consumers, as well as support the requirements of innovative services such as 5G, Cloud Virtual Reality (VR), industrial intelligent manufacturing for high bandwidth, low latency & jitter, and clock synchronisation, all of which will enhance the user experience in Malaysia. 

Dr. Sharlene Thiagarajah, Chief Executive Officer, TM R&D said: “TM R&D is committed to conducting research on future technologies and innovating new value-added smarter eco-systems that will improve the quality of user experience, and ultimately bring a positive impact on their lives. This fits well into the TM Group’s transformation towards becoming a human-centred TechCo.”

Steven Ge, Chief Executive Officer, ZTE Malaysia said: « With Gigabit home broadband services widely used in Malaysia at present, and the basic fixed network is in the time window of evolution from GPON to 10G PON, this partnership could not have come at a better time.”

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This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jason Lunn, Mobile Ecosystem Forum Board Member

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